Anne Sexton
Anne Sexton
Anne Sextonwas an American poet, known for her highly personal, confessional verse. She won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1967 for her book Live or Die. Themes of her poetry include her long battle against depression and mania, suicidal tendencies, and various intimate details from her private life, including her relationships with her husband and children...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth9 November 1928
CityNewton, MA
CountryUnited States of America
I grow old on my bitterness.
All who love have lied.
We are all writing God's poem.
Daylight is nobody's friend. God comes in like a landlord and flashes on his brassy lamp.
I am younger each year at the first snow.
The ground has on its clothes. The trees poke out of sheets and each branch wears the sock of God.
After a disaster strikes, it can be very devastating and very challenging. You're going to need a lot of strength and energy, and the American Red Cross suggests you go for the high protein items.
My eyes, those sluts, those whores, would play no more.
There is rust in my mouth,the stain of an old kiss.
God is only mocked by believers.
Fear / a motor, / pumps me around and around / until I fade slowly ...
I wonder if the artist ever lives his life--he is so busy recreating it.
To love another is somethinglike prayer and it can't be planned, you just fallinto its arms because your belief undoes your disbelief.
Earth, earthriding your merry-go-roundtoward extinction,right to the rootsthickening the oceans like gravy,festering in your caves,you are becoming a latrine.